I'm guessing that in most leagues, Bedard was a free agent at some point. It's tough to sell a free agent pick up for anything valuable in return unless 1. the owner that want's him is a believer, 2. the owner is an idiot or 3. the owner is desperate for pitching.

"Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that." ~George Carlin

How would the other owner be an idiot? This is another common misconception in fantasy baseball. Just because a player was undrafted doesn't mean he doesn't have value or won't continue to play well. You should treat player values as fluid and don't be bitter that you didn't snag player x or y off the wire before someone else. The old "oh you just picked that guy off the wire a week ago, I could have had him for free" argument doesn't make any sense. Player x is no longer free, deal with it. Evaluate his worth from here on out, because your past actions are sunk costs and cannot be recovered.

Play for the rest of the season unless you're one of 3 leagues out there that use retroactive stats.

"If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants."
-Isaac Newton

KolbSaves wrote:How would the other owner be an idiot? This is another common misconception in fantasy baseball. Just because a player was undrafted doesn't mean he doesn't have value or won't continue to play well. You should treat player values as fluid and don't be bitter that you didn't snag player x or y off the wire before someone else. The old "oh you just picked that guy off the wire a week ago, I could have had him for free" argument doesn't make any sense. Player x is no longer free, deal with it. Evaluate his worth from here on out, because your past actions are sunk costs and cannot be recovered.

Play for the rest of the season unless you're one of 3 leagues out there that use retroactive stats.

That is why most "players" lose year in and year out. They have no clue on how to evaluate a player's value to their team.